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Commando 41-12333

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-5-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12333

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26460

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU100

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  March 1943 to September 1943

  41-12333 - USAAF (USA)


27 March 1943

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

12 May 1943

Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.

8 September 1943

Damaged beyond repair near Kunming, Yunnan, China after an engine failure [or fire].

11 September 1943

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 15/05/2019